Aberdeen recruitment agency Cammach Bryant has won an initial 12 month contract with SaxaVord - the UK’s first vertical launch spaceport - to lead a recruitment drive at the launch site on Shetland and head office in Grantown-on-Spey.
The countdown has already begun for the UK Space Agency’s UK Pathfinder launch at SaxaVord, to be delivered by Lockheed Martin and ABL Systems, in the fourth quarter this year.
Cammach Bryant will initially assist SaxaVord with recruiting for key new roles, including chief financial officer, quality document controller, HR manager, health and safety manager and head office support.
With a current team of 24 people across sites in Unst, Grantown-on-Spey and Germany, rapid growth to more than 100 people by 2023 is anticipated, increasing to double that number by 2024, with technical, sales, commercial and domestic and ground roles in Shetland to be fulfilled.
Cammach Bryant managing director Iona Currie said: “We look forward to working with SaxaVord as they build a team to work in this exciting, fast growing new business sector.
“They already boast a number of staff who were previously in the Armed Forces or in the oil and gas sector, and the diverse new roles will appeal to agile, resilient, self-starters keen for a new challenge and to relocate to what are two areas of outstanding natural beauty offering fantastic lifestyles.”
The spaceport, which recently received planning approval for its development at Lamba Ness on the UK’s most northerly island, has been designed for the launch of small rockets delivering payloads into low earth orbit.
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